Studying at the University of Verona
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Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Languages, Literatures and Digital Culture - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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One activity between the following
Three activities among the following (related to the languages and literatures chosen)
Digital lab
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One module among the following (philology must be related to one of the chosen languages)
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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One activity between the following
Three activities among the following (related to the languages and literatures chosen)
Digital lab
Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Spanish Literature (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S010849
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Spanish
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/05 - SPANISH LITERATURE
Period
I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.
Learning objectives
The main learning outcome of this course is to provide students with specialized knowledge, in a comparative perspective, of Spanish literature in its different forms, genres and various critical stances. Acquired knowledge and competences will regard interdisciplinary approaches, the study of critical methodologies, translation, the critical analysis of texts in Spanish, and writing skills on an advanced level. With the acquisition of these abilities students will become proficient in spoken Spanish, both on the level of contents and on that of critical awareness in intertextual and intercultural contexts, also in view of high-level professional opportunities or further developments in the academic field, such as a PhD programme. Expected learning outcomes are: - Knowledge and understanding: on completion of this course students will acquire advanced knowledge on Spanish literary history and culture in its diverse expressions. Applying Knowledge and understanding: students will be able to apply acquired historical and literary knowledge, theoretical, didactic and methodological instruments to the professional fields of research, teaching of languages and literatures, translation, literary publishing, international cooperation and cultural promotion.
Prerequisites and basic notions
In order to enrol for this examination Students must have completed their B.A.
Program
Program. Il genere del dialogo nella cultura spagnola dei secoli d’oro. Le diverse conversazioni di un’epoca (The genre of dialogue in the Spanish culture of the Golden ages. The different conversations of the Age)
Compulsory Bibliography:
Vian Herrero, Ana, Los diálogos españoles del Renacimiento, Córdoba-Toledo-Madrid,
Almuzara, 2010, pp. xiii-cccii.
Viaje de Turquía de Pedro de Urdemalas, edición de Alfredo Rodríguez López-Vásquez, Madrid, Cátedra, 2019.
Antonio de Torquemada, Jardín de flores curiosas, edición de Giovanni Allegra, Madrid, Castalia, 1982.
Also, one of the following books:
El Crótalon, edición de Alfredo Rodríguez López-Vásquez, Madrid, Cátedra, 2021.
Fernán Pérez de Oliva, Diálogo de la dignidad del hombre. Razonamientos. Ejercicios, edición de Mª Luisa Cerrón Puga, Madrid, Cátedra, 1995.
Antonio de Torquemada, Coloquios satíricos, edición de notas de Rafael Malpartida Tirado, Málaga, Anejos de Analecta Malacitana, 2011.
Alfonso de Valdés, Diálogo de Mercurio y Carón, edición de Rosa Navarro, Madrid, Cátedra, 1999.
Alfonso de Valdés, Diálogo de las cosas ocurridas en Roma, edición de Rosa Navarro, Madrid, Cátedra, 1992.
Juan de Valdés, Diálogo de la lengua, edición de Cristina Barbolani, Madrid, Cátedra, 1990.
Pedro Mejía, Diálogos o Coloquios, edición de Antonio Castro Díaz, Madrid, Cátedra, 2004.
Dialoghi di Massimo Troiano ne' quali se narrano le cose più notabili fatte nelle Nozze dello illustriss. & Eccel. prencipe Gulielmo VI, conte palatino del Reno e duca di Baviera, e dell’illustriss. & Eccell. madama Renata di Loreno. Tradotti della lingua castigliana da M. Giouanni Miranda, & hora insieme posti in luce, nell’uno e nell’altro idioma, a benefitio comune [...], Bolognino Zaltieri, Venecia, 1569 https://books.google.it/books?id=MK0RBfvSe-gC&pg=PP7&hl=it&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
°Further information about bibliography will be held during the first lesson.
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The course will consist of a series of lectures which foresee the active involvement of the students. Lectures will be held in Spanish.
If you need to isolate because you test positive for Covid, please contact the teacher to arrange for supplementary material.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam will be an oral discussion in Spanish.
* ERASMUS students are asked to contact with the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree together on the exam methods.
Evaluation criteria
A final oral exam will assess:
- a deep knowledge of primary and secondary texts;
- the capacity to read and interpret the literary texts analyzed;
- the capacity to articulate effectively the information and critical assessments concerning texts and topics discussed in class;
- the capacity to express and critically argue in Spanish.
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final mark will result from the average of the grades assigned according to the four criteria described above.
Exam language
spagnolo